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The hunters of humanity: creatures of horror in M. R. James's ghost stories [PDF]
, 2017 In his ghost stories, M.R. James disclosed the most irrational and fearful aspects of archaic demonology still haunting the modern world. He turns humans into prey species, hunted and haunted by repulsive insect- and spider-like demons. This paper offers
Oryshchuk, Nataliya
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Contrast thresholds reveal different visual masking functions in humans and praying mantises
Biology Open, 2018 Recently, we showed a novel property of the Hassenstein–Reichardt detector, namely that insect motion detection can be masked by ‘undetectable’ noise, i.e.
Ghaith Tarawneh +9 more
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Determining the Composition of the Dwelling Tubes of Antarctic Pterobranchs [PDF]
, 2011 Pterobranchs are a group of marine invertebrates within the Hemichordata, which share characteristics with both chordates and echinoderms. Pterobranchs live in colonies of secreted tubes, coenicia, which are composed of a gelatinous material of unknown ...
Sewera, Lukasz J
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On the Matter of Robot Minds [PDF]
The view that phenomenally conscious robots are on the horizon often rests on a certain philosophical view about consciousness, one we call “nomological behaviorism.” The view entails that, as a matter of nomological necessity, if a robot had exactly ...
McLaughlin, Brian P., Rose, David
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The chromosome-level genome of Chinese praying mantis Tenodera sinensis (Mantodea: Mantidae) reveals its biology as a predator. [PDF]
Gigascience, 2022 Yuan R +9 more
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Thirty lessons in outlining for fourth grade [PDF]
, 1961 Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston ...
Furbush, Polly M., Ross, Elizabeth A.
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Praying Mantis Bending Core Breakoff and Retention Mechanism [PDF]
Sampling cores requires the controlled breakoff of the core at a known location with respect to the drill end. An additional problem is designing a mechanism that can be implemented at a small scale, yet is robust and versatile enough to be used for a ...
Badescu, Mircea +4 more
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, 1987 This item contains four issues of the Take One newsletter: October 1, 5, 15, and 28, 1987Take One was published every two weeks and focused on short news items and announcements "for the people of University Hospital.
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Beneficial Insects - Nature's Pest Control
, 2008 A 4 page overview of some common kinds of beneficial ...
Johnson, Warren T., Klass, Carolyn
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Spartan Daily, February 19, 1993 [PDF]
, 1993 Volume 100, Issue 16https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8373/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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